I agree, but in a sense the hashing/script mining crowd just want money, they hop from coin to coin whatever is the most profitable in that day. Then they sell and create constant downward pressure on the price.
I kind of think these 'predatory miners' are bad for anyone who values the actual currencies.
Higher price bringing people to mine Gridcoin is half the story, convincing them to stay is the real mission, both for BOINC and Gridcoin.